davidl on July 8th, 2008

Mrs. PelosiAmericans are feed-up with paying over four dollars a gallon for gasoline.   Most members of Congress, republicans and a lot of democrats, agree and want to open-up domestic oil production.  Mrs. Pelosi does not.   Mrs. Pelosi would like to take

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  • So, Ezra Klien is miffed that the New York Times didn’t write a hit peice on Limbaugh?  Ask me again why I’m ever more unimpressed by Klien.
  • At some point, someone’s going to make mention of the idea that both

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davidl on July 8th, 2008

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Rush is more engaging than Sean Hannity, more comfortable than Michael Savage, funnier than Gordon Liddy, and less preachy than Laura Schlessinger.

His act wears thin if you’re an intellectual. But he can afford to lose a few hundred people.

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Eric Florack on July 8th, 2008

Hume, last night:

Such has been the progress in Iraq that even Democratic Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania is not only not denying it but now admits it has worked.

Murtha, a longtime critic of the war, said last

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Eric Florack on July 7th, 2008

I commented earlier tonight on Billy’s comments on voting. We pick up the conversation…. Me at Samzidata just now:

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We’re both 50, you and I. Whatever happens, in terms of future direction for this country, and by extension, western

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  • It amazes me, the amount of grave dancing going on with Jesse Helms. I won’t even bother linking it, but I note LGF already has. You’d think the left would recall that the Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter are waiting

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davidl on July 7th, 2008

Lynn Sweet, Sun-Times (Chicago) reports the BO campaign is  trying some imaginative rebranding and is attempt to foist BO off as a reincaranted version of both John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan:

WASHINGTON–A German friend passed along the news Saturday

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Eric Florack on July 7th, 2008

From the Detroit News, we see:

DETROIT — Federal investigators have electronic surveillance evidence that allegedly links Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers with receiving a payment or payments in connection with a city-approved sludge contract,

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Eric Florack on July 6th, 2008

I’ve been watching the deterioration of Matt Yglesias for several months now. What is bols down to is the level of excuses Yglesias, or any liberal, for that matter, is willing to make to keep himself blissfully ignorant of the

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davidl on July 6th, 2008

The Ottawa Citizen reports that former Ambassador Joe Wilson lied:

A Canadian company has purchased more than 500 tonnes of yellowcake uranium, once controlled by the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

The Saskatoon-based Cameco Corp., negotiated the purchase from the

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Eric Florack on July 5th, 2008

Decided to upload the fireworks from last night.  These are taken from Henrietta NY, from about a half a mile away.

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Eric Florack on July 5th, 2008

I note this morning Megan McArdle:

Now the gun controllers pour out of the woodwork to claim that you’re more likely to kill yourself or a family member with a gun than a criminal.

Some of the people deploying

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davidl on July 4th, 2008

Senator John Warner, Rep – VA, is suggesting a national speed limit of fifty-five:

WASHINGTON (AP) — An influential Republican senator suggested Thursday that Congress might want to consider reimposing a national speed limit to save gasoline and possibly

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Eric Florack on July 4th, 2008

The Guardian has a story up saying:

Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% – far more than previously estimated – according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.

The damning unpublished assessment is based

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Eric Florack on July 4th, 2008

From Rush H. Limbaugh, Jr. (Father of notable EIB radio host, Rush.)
“…our lives, our fortunes, our sacred honor…”
It was a glorious morning. The sun was shining and the wind was from the southeast. Up especially early, a tall,

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